Questions tagged [close-reasons]
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Should we refer to U&L in the "managing information technology systems in a business environment" off-topic reason?
I'm seeing a lot of questions that are just trivial "how do I use <Unix tool X>" questions, where X is things like curl, rsync, etc. Most of these are getting closed as OT, "not managing IT ...
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I asked a question for my work. Is this not 'managing information technology systems in a business environment'?
So I asked this question about a system I use for work: Wget and Curl complain about expired ceritificate, but it's not expired?
It got closed with the following reason:
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Wrong link pulled into report when recording an exact duplicate on another SE site
When reporting this question on SF as an exact duplicate of this one over on DBA, the description of question 2868 on SF is pulled through, not the description of question 2868 on dba.se.
The comment ...
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Why was my question closed as opinion-based?
My question about edge computing was closed as opinion-based.
Here is the relevant help page:
Opinion-based - Discussions focused on diverse opinions can be great, but they just don't fit our format ...
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Secure alternative to ssh gets closed as too localised?
https://serverfault.com/questions/345962/alternative-for-ssh
This is an interesting question from several angles:
someone in Iran is asking a question on ServerFault
it asks about alternatives to ...
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Question about optimizing compilers for a server was closed although it precisely fits SF's scope
I'd like to ask about the rationale behind closing my question about compilers for AMD Bulldozer CPUs.
The FAQ for ServerFault states that questions about (quote)
Server and Business Workstation ...
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Mis-closed question: I am a sys admin, this topic is "on topic", and I did perform research
I was directed to post my request for re-opening of a question from Comms Room here.
The following question was closed as off-topic, but it is not off-topic as defined.
"Questions must be relevant ...
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Why were my questions deleted and account suspended?
I was recently blocked from serverfault for 1 month. Apparently for asking questions (gasp).
I have asked 5 questions over a period of many months, and all have been closed/deleted (all unfairly in ...
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If this question is off-topic, where is it on-topic?
This question:
Google Calendar alternative for an NGO who wishes to publicly share an activities calendar
which is somewhere in the convex hull of SF, SR, SU and maybe WebApps, has been closed as off-...
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How to flag/close questions about old/irrelevant versions [duplicate]
I just came across an unanswered question from 2012, asking about an issue with the Archlinux boot process.
It's now been several years and the Arch boot process changed a lot (switched to Systemd, ...
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On-topic automation/management tools vs off-topic product recommendations - where the border lies?
My recently asked question has been put on-hold minutes after being published. However not being new to ServerFault and quite a few other SE websites this surprised me. For me as asker the question is ...
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Why isn't SE, Inc. bothering to *explain* all the changes in close vote reasons?
I haven't kept track, but we've only had the new close vote reasons for - I dunno - about a month?
And today they've changed again, completely changing off-topic reasons with no explanation, no ...
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Close votes should be blind, in order to preserve objectivity and original thought [closed]
If you watch the frequency of close votes, I presume you would find that close votes cause close votes. That is to say, a question might receive its first close vote on its third day of existence, ...
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Moderator deleting my questions
A moderator closed a question of mine as a duplicate despite it not being a duplicate (the circumstances and the question are different, he claimed it was a duplicate of a general FAQ-style question). ...
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Why should questions about interactions between my server and bots off-topic?
I understand that this site has an established history of prejudice (🙃) towards questions about shared hostings or control panels. However, I still can't see how these questions (1, 2) not comply ...
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Change the duplicate excerpt
Currently,
This question has been asked before and already has an answer. If those answers do not fully address your question, please edit this question to explain how it is different or ask a new ...
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Why is this IP question off topic? [closed]
This question is about IPv9, asking specifically if there is a history for the famous April Fool's joke and the Chinese adoption story. It was closed as off topic in a surprisingly short time by a ...
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Where do questions regarding labs for enterprise equipment & software belong if not SF?
So this is in regards to https://serverfault.com/questions/733438/nested-esxi-vlan-trunking-not-working, which was closed because it was considered off topic. I had a chance to discuss this with EEAA, ...
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